Today's Prompt at Jamie Ridler's Wishcasting Wednesday is "Who do you wish to have tea with?" My first response was tea with my readers, I'd love to sit down and really get to know you. To learn about what makes you laugh and what makes you sad, what makes you want to dance around your home swinging your arms madly with joy as you shake your hips.
Of course I'd dearly love that!
However, I decided to also add in something a bit more whimsical. If I could have tea with anyone, real or imagined, living or dead, I would chose to have tea with Viviane, Priestess of Avalon, Lady of the Lake, from Arthurian Legend, and specifically from the book the Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I am currently reading the book and I love it so far. I was a huge fan of the movie when it came out in 2001. It was released around the time I began to delve into Goddess Spirituality. I loved the idea of magic, prophecy, and priestesses and I wished that I could transport myself into that time and live it.
If I could have tea with Viviane I would ask her to tell me the ancient stories of the Isle of Avalon, of the Druids, of the Priestesses, and of the Goddess and the Horned One. I would ask her to speak to me of magic, of the Sight, and the ancient ways.
A glorious cup of tea it would be!
I really look forward to reading the Lady of Avalon as soon as I am done with the Mists of Avalon. I love this world and I can not wait to read more about it. In the beginning of the Mists I found Viviane to be quite unlikable. She used and manipulated people that she claimed to care about. As the book progresses, I find myself liking her more and more. You realize that she is just trying to do the best that she can for the survival of her world. You begin to understand how much weight is on her shoulders and there are glimpses that show you that she wishes that she wasn't bound to follow prophecy and her Priestess duties.
So that's who I'd have tea with! What about you? Who would you invite to tea?
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